Pakistan v Australia | 3rd ODI | October 12, 2014 | Abu Dhabi | Pakistan Innings

[Batman]

Australia made 231/9 in their 50 overs.

Pakistan to chase 232 to win from 50 overs.

Can Pakistan do it today and make the series 2-1?

 

[Convict]

Pakistan should win this.

 

[90MPH]

They should, not sure they will. If they do it will be by no means comfortable

 

[Fastandfurious]

Haha...

All anyone needs is one player to score 80+ though.

If that happens, you guys can win it.

Not if the rest bundle as usual.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Pakistan should win this.

Don't even try...

 

[Bullet Drive]

PAK will win.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Pakistan should win this.

You Aussies under-rate your team a lot.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Lack of Misbah will help Pakistan.

 

[Bullet Drive]

15 mins till action.

I'd open with Shehzad & Amin.

 

[Convict]

You Aussies under-rate your team a lot.

Richardson, Starc, Faulkner, Doherty and Maxwell is not much of an attack.

This is very much underpar.

 

[Fastandfurious]

You Aussies under-rate your team a lot.

They only do that to fool others.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Richardson, Starc, Faulkner, Doherty and Maxwell is not much of an attack.

This is very much underpar.

Yes but big pitch, ball not coming onto the bat and an out of form/low confidence opposition batting.

 

[Convict]

They only do that to fool others.

Nah. We genuinely don't massively rate the current team.

Possibly in my case because I always compare it to previous Australian teams. But Pakistan bowled extremely well and restricted Australia to a below par score.
And the bowling attack is nothing special.

 

[Yatoo]

Batting order I would prefer
Ahmed Shehzad (hope he clicks)
Umar Amin (hope he fails)
Fawad Alam (He will score as usual)
Asad Shafiq (Useless)
Maqsood (Second best batsmen in the team)
Sarfaraz (Fighter)
Afridi ( Useless)

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Pakistan bowled well to restrict Aussies to 231, but that's still more than enough against Pakistan's shaky batsmen. I hope they promote Fawad to no 3 or 4 so he can play an anchor role rather than asking him to hit at the end which he's not built for.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Oh...Lyon isn't there????

Then Pakistan's chances improve quite a bit.

I thought Lyon was there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

10 mins to go... I think PAK will chase.

 

[Asif321]

need 200 run opening stand to have any chance

 

[Sandeep]

Pakistan should easily win this.. Easy target, no tough bowlers in the opposition

 

[Fastandfurious]

Nah. We genuinely don't massively rate the current team.

Possibly in my case because I always compare it to previous Australian teams. But Pakistan bowled extremely well and restricted Australia to a below par score.
And the bowling attack is nothing special.

Might wanna consider the opposition's batting line up.

 

[Convict]

Might wanna consider the opposition's batting line up.

I can't really fathom Pakistan.

Every time I watch Pakistan collapse I tell myself that surely it's a once off.

 

[Fastandfurious]

I can't really fathom Pakistan.

Every time I watch Pakistan collapse I tell myself that surely it's a once off.

lololol )

 

[imshally81]

Still very tough for Pakistan

 

[Bullet Drive]

Come on boys

 

[MRSN]

Pakistan should win this.

you know you have got enough runs already. Don't worry about the RR. We have to help you guys on that..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzadaa will struggle vs STARC

 

[MRSN]

This pitch is very tough to bat on. Very slowish. batting is not that easy out there.

 

[saeedhk]

Should be easy for any other team,including Bangladesh, but it's Pakistan.We are the worst when it comes to batting.

 

[imshally81]

Start with maiden

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sarfraz on strike.

 

[imshally81]

This pitch is very tough to bat on. Very slowish. batting is not that easy out there.

Oh really.. But it was batting paradise..

 

[Yatoo]

[MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION]
I guess u need to change Jamsheed from your top 6

 

[imshally81]

Should be 2

 

[imshally81]

The new tuk tuk king

 

[Sam18696]

Just 1 run? Lol

 

[Swanny]

No chance for Aussies here. No misbah to bring them back into the game. Pak got this

 

[Bullet Drive]

SHOTTTT by Shehzad.

 

[Sam18696]

Time to scrap the Shehzad bats slowly because of Misbah theory. It has been proven wrong

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sad we aren't seeing Sami Aslam.

 

[Justcrazy]

Golden opportunity for Pakistan to win this.

 

[Sherlock]

Shehzad really needs to start quick. He puts the onus on the other batsmen to start hitting and that isn't right.

 

[imshally81]

What a start

 

[Gabbar Singh]

They need to start off positively because it's very difficult to score here when the ball gets old.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan have bowled zero wides and one no-ball today

 

[Justcrazy]

Negative attitude will cost pakistan here .

 

[IAJ]

Good boys, tire out Faulkner before he comes to bowl

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan have bowled zero wides and one no-ball today

Thanks waqar

 

[IAJ]

Negative attitude will cost pakistan here .

Easy bro. Just see of the new ball here.

 

[imshally81]

Wide

 

[Sam18696]

Some really pathetic batting here

 

[Justcrazy]

some quick twos being taken

8 after 3 overs

 

[saeedhk]

Talented Shehzad stuck.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Richardson will trouble Shehzada

 

[Yatoo]

Pakistan have bowled zero wides and one no-ball today

One wide and one no ball

 

[khanpower]

Talented Shehzad stuck.

misbah is back in shape of shehzad.

 

[imshally81]

4

 

[Zeshan547]

This is the thing which shehzad should learn from sarfraz, how to rotate the strike, don't just get stuck at crease and look like fool with no match awareness and requirement, he has just two methods, either block it or whack it nothing in between, he would 10X the batsman he is only if he can develop that middle game, i mean how to score singles otherwise he is a good talent, but he is really not doing justice with his potential.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzhad was always a boss at u19 level.

 

[Sam18696]

Whatta SR of Shehzad

 

[saeedhk]

misbah is back in shape of shehzad.

Both are seriously limited players.They do not know the basic of batting: Taking singles.

 

[m.shah]

shot

 

[IAJ]

So refreshing to see an opener like Sarfraz MashaAllah.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Sarfraz seems to have superb timing. I think he's very under-rated.

 

[coy0607]

Sarfraz looks 10 times a better batsmen than Shehzad.. they dont even look to be in the same league

 

[Justcrazy]

Two batsmen in top four should look to get fifties here

 

[IAJ]

Remember that match against Windies quite well, when Kamran played an stunning innings in the end.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sarfraz seems to have superb timing. I think he's very under-rated.

He can play as a specialist batsman , Umar can be played as specialist WK

 

[mithun_minhas]

Smash these Aus bowlers in the first 10 overs and the game will be over.

 

[Sam18696]

Is Shehzad's batting still Misbah's fault?

 

[razabbas]

Shehzad is the perfect replacement of misbah

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Shezad with 1 from 15 balls

 

[90MPH]

Sarfraz has improved a lot in his batting.

Ok his footwork is still poor but at least he's playing with nice soft hands, not over hitting like when he first started.

 

[Adil_94]

Sarfraz looking good

 

[IAJ]

Good running

 

[Sherlock]

Shehzad always starts likes this. He's such a good player and doesn't need to.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Shezad looks awful out there, no timing at all.

 

[90MPH]

Shezhad on the other hand is going a bit hard at the ball.

Not east to time though on this pitch must be said.

 

[Adil_94]

Shehzad starts are so bad

 

[Justcrazy]

18 / 0

5 overs

 

[FreeBird]

Shehzad looks absolutely clueless and itching to get out.
Zero confidence and no focus. His brain is somewhere else.

It's a big ground - 231 is not an easy target.